couldn't finish this one, it was so boring, Nothing ever happened. I got about halfway through and gave up, I hardly ever stop reading, but this one was a chore to even reach the spot that I did, It's a shame because it had potential, I generally enjoy this series, but this particular episode drove me nuts! Maggie has been growing as a character throughout the series, However, in this one she reverts to a two year old throwing temper tantrums and hissy fits throughout, It is as if Alt read somewhere 'romances must have tension to keep it interesting' so she threw in a bunch of gratuitous nonissues for Maggie to agonize and whine about.
I read these books primarily because they are mystery novels if I had wanted to read a formulaic romance, I could have picked up a book in that genre.
I have really enjoyed this whole series so far, Love seeing Maggie grow : Love the romance between Maggie and Marcus : Looking forward to reading the next book, I've always enjoyed this "witchy" series and I enjoyed this one as well, There was less paranormal edge, but the characters are still fun, While the nefarious activities of the victim are more obvious to the reader than the characters, the solution to the mystery isn't, I read several in this series back to back, although not in order, I have to say that this one did not hold my attention like the previous books I actually fell asleep reading it,
One of the strong points of this series, and this book, is the building of the relationship between Maggie and Marcus, who were attracted to each other from the first meeting.
Here, they are working together on compromises and becoming one, instead of the normal series books which have the main character going back and forth between two loves.
Maggie had a short term relationship which lasted for a couple of books, but she has moved on although it is obvious the man has not.
I did not like that Marcus seems to be so very much the heterosexual male, He pampers Maggie, drives her around, and takes over, Having written that, that is what I dislike he decides and that is the way it will be, On the flip side, he likes to pamper her but she needs to be close to him, Maybe I am not as comfortable with that relationship as I thought!
The mystery was almost like a throw in to make a place to tell the love story, rather than a reason to write with the love story as filler.
As soon as I met the victim, I knew he would be killed, I knew what he was probably up to I was right, I did not immediately get the villain although in this case I am not sure villain fits, As soon as the villain was mentioned though, in light of the rest of the story, the motivation was obvious, as was another point which Maggie and the rest of the investigators totally missed.
I did like the discussion about big changes coming at year end, In that respect, this book fills an obvious niche it solidifies the relationship between Maggie and Marcus, it strengthens the bond between Maggie and her mother, and it relegates Mel to a background scene, a supporting role and not even an important one.
Overall a decent read, and a good lead to the next, hopefully better, book in the series,
Final note: I have to make this comment, When Maggie enters the apartment she is considering leasing, the manager searches under the sofa, Yet later, and several times, Maggie makes a point of saying the place was empty of furnishings, Oops! Editors you should have caught that!
On that thought, I think astar rating is generous, I know I read this book, but I don't remember anything about it including how much I liked or disliked it, This is theth entry in the Bewitching Mystery series, with a storyline that begins approximately two weeks following the conclusion of the previous novel, A Witch in Time.
Like its predecessors, this is definitely not a standalone novel, The previous entries in the series have built considerable backstory that is necessary to the comprehension of all that happens in this tale,
In this story the murder occurs about onethird of the way through the book, Again Maggie and Marcus discover the body while engaged in an activity that had nothing to do with murder and mayhem, Or so they think.
At this point in the series, Maggie has reached a psychological acceptance of her empathic abilities, Her ability to intuit and deduce is growing daily, Her only questions now are how to control it and how to interpret what she feels, She struggles to interpret what she hears in the unusual confidences told to her, for she knows they are provided to her for a reason.
And she especially tries to accept and utilize what she hears when the voice in her head begins to expound,
Her relationship with Marcus grows stronger every day and they become a team, Not only are they a team in that they are living together, they are fast becoming a team with their witchy abilities, They hear each others thoughts at times and they feel each others intentions, And they support each others needs and goals,
In the end, through both their efforts and through a growing acceptance of their skills by Tom Fielding, the identity and motivations of the murderer are discovered.
Thus the book ends, and basically, so does the series,
Apparently the author intended at least one more book for the series, an offering entitled In Charms Way, For whatever reason, even though cover art and a plot blurb were prepared for the novel almost two years ago, it does not appear to have been actually published.
However, if it is never published, this reader will not go away feeling cheated, The end of thisth novel is a positive one, There is no cliffhanger even if all the plot threads surrounding the secondary characters are not yet sewed up, And realistically, none of the characters stories would ever be completed, for as long as one draws breath, there is always another story to tell.
But, if this is, indeed, the last entry in the series, we can close the book on the last sentence with a smile on our faces.
We can let Maggie and Marcus go with best wishes and kind thoughts for they are well and good with their Universe,
I would have liked this book a lot more of the series didn't end here, It was slated for at least two more books, and they were postponed several times, then fizzled out, Not a satisfying ending to the series, . . I keep wishing that she would take the series back up!! I think maggie's sister needs to be shot in the foot, Then she would have something to bitch about
uggg, . . what a HOT MESS this book was, Mrs Alts books are becomming more and more chick lit than anything, Skim reading worthy at best, The dead body didnt appear until about theth chapter, and the entireth chapter was a rehash of all the firstchapters, I was litterally able to skim read the lastchapters to get a resolution, I seems the NIGHTS are not active at all anymore, Pfft so much for the whole paranormal theme they had going,
Im sad to say I honestly dont care anymore what happens to these characters because they have just gotten too dull for me.
This book was a drag, . . and yes, it dragged. The only thing nice about this book, is the beautiful cover, but thats about it,
I can't get enough of this series! As the newest witch in Indiana, Maggie O'Neill already has plenty to deal with, So being hobbled by a broken leg doesn't help, Neither does the fact that her best friend and upstairs neighbor is getting ready to tie the knot with her own boyfriend and move away.
This leads Maggie to wonder if it isn't time to find herself a new pad,
But when she finds a place, Maggie's dream of new digs turns into a nightmare: the apartment manager is found dead before she can even sign the lease.
And Maggie finds herself not only searching for a new home but for a frightfully clever killer,
A thoroughly enjoyable cozy mystery set in Indiana, Once again, Maggie O'Neill was in the wrong place at the wrong time! Here she is just trying to rent an apartment when she finds the manager floating in the complex pool.
Poor Maggie. If you're reading this series, then you know exboyfriend/cop Tom Fielding is involved, as well as her boss, Felicity Dow and her boyfriend, Marcus Quinn.
Oh and don't forget her cat, Minnie plays an important role, witches familiar and all that, A quick fun read. This book was Cute with a capital "C, " I found this one at my local library and was seduced by the cute cover, This is one of the few series cozies that I've read that made me wish that I had read the other books in the series.
This is Bookin the A Bewitching Mystery series, It isn't that this book can't stand alone, but I wanted to know more of the back story between Maggie and her exboyfriend,
This is a cozy mystery, but it is more cozy than mystery, The mystery just didn't do it for me, It took forever for the murder to happen, What is it with established cozy series doing this anyway You wait almost half the book before the body turns up And when it does show up it just wasn't the kind of mystery that had me wondering who the killer was.
It was a little easy to guess, It was interesting to read about Locke, and what a creep he really was, It is always good when the victim is a creep, then you don't feel bad that they are dead,
This story felt more like it was about Maggie and the direction she was going in her life, When I read a cozy, I want the mystery, I didn't feel satisfied when the killer was revealed, though the twist that came at the end was a bit surprising, I think I'm going to have to see what the other books were like in the series, I liked the characters, but this book didn't seem developed enough for me, This was an amusing lightweight read, pretty much what I expect from this series,
The mystery part was kind of obvious from the beginning though, except for the bit of a twist at the end, I know I've mentioned it before, but I'll mention it again: For an 'empath' Maggie is extremely obtuse, Should the reader be able to see a motive for murder before the 'psychic' does I don't think so, She's too busy mooning over her ohsoperfectbestmaninthewholeworld
boyfriend, and not working at the job she's always flaking out on to be reading signals or clues or being observant in any way.
Also, the witches in this series are appearing less and less magical, They posture a lot. Play with herbs and stones, But actual magic seems to be absent often, and anything that is implied as magic is usually so simple it can hardly be considered magical.
Like: Knowing what kind of expression is probably on your best friend's face is not magic, The Law of Attraction is not magic, There just seems to be a conspicuous lack of magic in this series that's supposed to be About Magic,
And again I just can't get over what an idiot this main character is, She's given all of these clues, and she still can't figure things out, As a reader, I realized at the beginning of the book what the landlord's nefarious activities were, and how they were executed, butpages in, Maggie is still just stumbling onto the information and having the situation spelled out to her.
Even after she is told what he was up to, she still doesn't make some really simple connections example: the whirring and clicking in the walls how does she not now know what that was after being given the facts from the investigations into the situation How is she questioning what that cloud be at this point in the book Oh my gosh, I just want to slap some brains into this character sometimes.
Couldn't finish this craptastic book for the life of me, I kept thinking 'maybe once they find a dead body it will get interesting', Close to halfway through the book, reading painful text and overwrought dialog from what I can only assume is ayear old writer on a red bull binge I still didn't have a body, a plot, or any desire to keep reading.
I am getting less and less involved in this series as it goes on, The main character continues to annoy me and her love life bores me to no end, The plot plods along with little to no comic relief and, perhaps the most irritating, for a book that is often shelved with paranormal fiction or modern fantasy There were no elements of the supernatural whatsoever! I wanted a mystery / thriller with a little paranormal skills in the protagonist.
This book is too simple and juvenile for me, Apparently, other books in the series are paranormal comedies and have received high ratings, I thought this was boring and not very interesting, The murder did not happen until Chapterand the solving of the murder was not very thrilling, So, not a fan. I am happy to say that I am giving this book a five butterflies because it kept my attention and I actually like the storyline this time.
Granted we dont see much of Steff or Dr, Dan or of mostly anyone else in the N, I. G. H. T. S unless they are the ones working at the antique shop with Maggie, Liss, Tara, and Evie,
The one time that Steff is mentioned is when Liss tells her that she is moving with Dr, Dan sometime soon. Which is how Maggie ends up trying to find a new place and she kind of does, Even if the apartment manager gives her the creeps and she had no clue why,
This time I actually figured out who did it along with Maggie and them, Granted I didnt understand the motive for this person, However, I did realize it was her and we found out the reason at the end of the book, Lets just say that even though the ending of the book is perfect, This might be the last book of Maggies life and that is sad, And we are left to our own devices on thinking up stuff for Maggie and the N, I. G. H. T. S. and what has been going on in their life, Madelyn Alt does it again with another wonderful installment of her Bewitching series, This one really didn't have that witchy flavor but it was still a great read, I'm hoping to see more of the supernatural themes from previous installmentsin Maggie's future as she continues on her path of personal enlightenment and I really enjoy the growing relationship between Maggie amp Marcus if I could request a little more steam please heh.
Now if we could just fix Liss up with a hunky warlock or something, .
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